America, Its Realities and Resources: Comprising Important Details Connected with the Present Social, Political, Agricultural, Commercial, and Financial State of the Country, Its Laws and Customs, Together with a Review of the Policy of the United States that Led to the War of 1812, and Peace of 1814--the "right of Search," the Texas and Oregon Questions, Etc. Etc, Volume 2 |
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Page 117
... hostilities between the countries , " or we shall stand disgraced , in the eyes of the world . It is a rod held over our heads , ' a fortress which haughtily frowns upon our country , and from which are disseminated throughout theland ...
... hostilities between the countries , " or we shall stand disgraced , in the eyes of the world . It is a rod held over our heads , ' a fortress which haughtily frowns upon our country , and from which are disseminated throughout theland ...
Page 137
... hostilities , to sustain this belief by any actual demonstration ; for a measure of impressment was strongly recommended to Congress , by the American Secretary of the Navy , towards the close of the last war with England , as the only ...
... hostilities , to sustain this belief by any actual demonstration ; for a measure of impressment was strongly recommended to Congress , by the American Secretary of the Navy , towards the close of the last war with England , as the only ...
Page 150
... hostilities , twenty - five of her crew went ' aft , ' on the quarter - deck , to deliver themselves up as Englishmen ; Captain Smyth cunningly answered , " Very well , you shall go in the first cartel to Halifax , and be put on board ...
... hostilities , twenty - five of her crew went ' aft , ' on the quarter - deck , to deliver themselves up as Englishmen ; Captain Smyth cunningly answered , " Very well , you shall go in the first cartel to Halifax , and be put on board ...
Page 151
... hostilities between the two countries , succeeded in humbling the pretensions of Great Britain on the high seas . But it has been carefully drilled into these notions , by the continued beat of American exaggeration - by the worst ...
... hostilities between the two countries , succeeded in humbling the pretensions of Great Britain on the high seas . But it has been carefully drilled into these notions , by the continued beat of American exaggeration - by the worst ...
Page 152
... hostilities between the two countries , had necessarily thrown a large portion of the merchant navy of the United States out of employment , and afforded to her Government , in its subsequent preparation for hos- tilities , that ...
... hostilities between the two countries , had necessarily thrown a large portion of the merchant navy of the United States out of employment , and afforded to her Government , in its subsequent preparation for hos- tilities , that ...
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